# λέσχη
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* λέσχα (léskha) — Doric

### Etymology

Most plausibly from *λέχ-σκᾱ with metathesis of ⟨σ⟩. For stem λεχ- see λέχομαι (lékhomai, “lie down”) / λέχω (lékhō) & λέχος n (lékhos, “bed”). Cognates: with stem λοχ- λόχος (lókhos), with λεκτ-: λέκτρον n (léktron, “bed, couch”), Latin lectus.
However there is no proof for the connection to λέχος (lékhos, “bed”) or λέχομαι (lékhomai, “to recline”). Long ago, the agreement with Hebrew לִשְׁכָּה (lišḵá) was observed. The Hebrew is surely a foreign word considering the variation with נִשְׁכָּה (nišḵá) and the lack of Semitic cognates, but it is obscure if the Hebrew word is from Greek or the word in both languages is carried over from an unknown language via viniculture in an original meaning of pub, triclinium, making the provenience as obscure as that of Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lés.kʰɛː/ → /ˈles.çi/ → /ˈles.çi/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /lés.kʰɛː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈles.kʰe̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈles.çi/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈles.çi/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈles.çi/

### Noun

λέσχη • (léskhē) f (genitive λέσχης); first declension
* couch, hence funeral bier, tomb
* lounging place, resort of idlers and beggars
* public building or hall used as a lounge or meeting place
* talk or gossip
    and see: λεσχηνεύω (leskhēneúō)

#### Derived terms

* ἀδολεσχης (adoleskhēs)
* ἔλλεσχος (élleskhos)
* λεσχάζω (leskházō)
* λεσχαίνω (leskhaínō)
* λεσχαῖος (leskhaîos)
* λεσχάραι (leskhárai)
* λέσχημα (léskhēma)
* λεσχημονεύομαι (leskhēmoneúomai)
* λεσχήν (leskhḗn)
* λεσχηνεία (leskhēneía)
* λεσχηνευτής (leskhēneutḗs)
* λεσχηνεύω (leskhēneúō)
* λεσχηνίτης (leskhēnítēs)
* λεσχηνόριος (leskhēnórios)
* λεσχηνώτης (leskhēnṓtēs)
* λεσχολογία (leskhología)
* λεσχώδης (leskhṓdēs)
* πρόλεσχος (próleskhos)

#### Descendants

* → Greek: λέσχη (léschi) (learned)

### References

* ↑ λέσχη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
* ↑ Brown, John Pairman (1995) Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 231), volume I, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 141

### Further reading

* “λέσχη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
* “λέσχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “λέσχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* λέσχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέσχη (léskhē) in sense "public building as meeting place". Cognate words with stems λεχ-, λοχ-: see: λεχώνα (lechóna), λοχεία (locheía), λόχος (lóchos), and λόχμη (lóchmi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈle.sçi/
* Hyphenation: λέ‧σχη

### Noun

λέσχη • (léschi) f (plural λέσχες)
* club (association of members)
    φοιτητική λέσχη ― foititikí léschi ― (university)-students' club
    Παρακολουθώ στην τηλεόραση τη «Λέσχη του βιβλίου».Parakolouthó stin tileórasi ti «Léschi tou vivlíou».I watch on TV [the programme] "Book Club".
* gambling club

#### Synonyms

* κλαμπ n (klamp)

#### Derived terms

* αερολέσχη f (aeroléschi, “flying club”)

#### Related terms

* αδολεσχία f (adoleschía, “idle talk, chattering”)

### References

* ↑ λέσχη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
* ↑ λέσχη, λεχώνα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre